Thou little Child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born freedom on thy being's height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The years to bring the inevitable yoke, Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife? Full soon thy Soul shall have... The Guardian - Page 1341857Full view - About this book
| William Wordsworth - 1807 - 258 pages
...thought where we in waiting lie ; Thou little Child, yet glorious in the might Of untam'd pleasures, on thy Being's height, Why with such earnest pains...upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! 0 joy ! that in our embers Is something that doth live, That nature yet remembers... | |
| William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...warm light, A place of thought where we in waiting lie ; Thou little Child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born freedom, on thy Being's height, Why...Soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upop thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! O joy ! that in our embers Is something... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...warm light, A place of thought where we in waiting lie ; Thou little Child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born freedom, on thy Being's height, Why...thou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke, v Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife ? Full soon thy Soul shall have her earthly freight,... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1827 - 418 pages
...Master o'er a Slave, A Presence which is not to be put by ; Thou little Child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born freedom on thy Being's height, Why...upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! 9. O joy ! that in our embers Is something that doth live, That nature yet remembers... | |
| Nathaniel Parker Willis - American literature - 1828 - 298 pages
...master o'er a slave, A presence which is not to be put by ; Thou little child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born freedom, on thy being's height,., Why...thy soul shall have her earthly freight And custom He upon thee with a weight ,' Heavy as frost and deep almost as life !" ^ ' Dear Tom, I have bored... | |
| British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...in waiting lie ; Thou little Child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born freedom, on thy Being'* height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke...shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thce with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! O joy ! that in our embers Is something... | |
| William Wordsworth - Fore-edge painting - 1828 - 372 pages
...Master o'er a Slave, A Presence which is not to be put by; Thou little Child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born freedom on thy Being's height. Why with such earnest pains dost (hou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke, Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife? Full... | |
| William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1832 - 378 pages
...Master o'er a Slave, A Presence which is not to be put by ; Thou little Child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born freedom on thy Being's height, Why...yoke, Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife ? Pull soon thy Soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight, Heavy... | |
| Henry Stebbing - Religious poetry, English - 1832 - 858 pages
...thought where we in waiting lie ; Thou little Child, yet glorious in the might Of untam'd pleasures, on thy Being's height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The years to hring the inevitahle yoke, Thus hlindly with thy hlessedness at strife? Full soon thy soul shall have... | |
| William Martin - Readers - 1838 - 368 pages
...master o'er a slave, A presence which is not to be put by ; Thou little child yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born freedom on thy being's height, Why...upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! VIII. O joy ! that in our embers Is something that doth live, That nature yet remembers... | |
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